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Why I Sing the Blues by Aretha Franklin

First released: 24 Aug 1970, Length: 3:05

Creators (17)

Instruments

  1. Aretha Franklin (Mar 1970) piano
  2. Cornell Dupree (Mar 1970) guitar
  3. Dave Crawford (Mar 1970) organ
  4. Harold Cowart (Mar 1970) bass
  5. Ray Lucas (Mar 1970) drums (drum set)

Vocals

  1. Almeda Lattimore (Mar 1970) background vocals
  2. Aretha Franklin (Mar 1970)
  3. Brenda Bryant (Mar 1970) background vocals
  4. Margaret Branch (Mar 1970) background vocals

Engineer

  1. Chuck Kirkpatrick
  2. Lew Hahn
  3. Ron Albert

Producer

  1. Arif Mardin
  2. Jerry Wexler
  3. Tom Dowd

Mixer

  1. Tom Dowd

Locations

Recorded At

  1. Criteria Studios (Mar 1970)

Works (1)

Recording Of

  1. Why I Sing the Blues (Mar 1970) cover

    Writer

    1. B.B. King
    2. Dave Clark

Releases containing this recording (18)

Official

Album

  1. Spirit in the Dark 24 Aug 1970 Aretha Franklin
  2. Spirit in the Dark 14 Dec 1993 Aretha Franklin
  3. Spirit In The Dark 1993 Aretha Franklin
  4. Spirit in the Dark 2012 Aretha Franklin
  5. Spirit in the Dark Apr 2022 Aretha Franklin
  6. Spirit in the Dark Aretha Franklin
  7. Spirit in the Dark Aretha Franklin

Album - Compilation

  1. Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings 1992 Aretha Franklin
  2. Original Album Series 23 Feb 2010 Aretha Franklin
  3. 100 Hits Legends: Aretha Franklin 05 Jul 2010 Aretha Franklin
  4. The Queen of Soul 22 Jan 2014 Aretha Franklin
  5. The Queen of Soul 03 Feb 2014 Aretha Franklin
  6. The Queen of Soul 04 Feb 2014 Aretha Franklin
  7. The Atlantic Collection 07 Nov 2014 Aretha Franklin
  8. The Atlantic Albums Collection 06 Nov 2015 Aretha Franklin
  9. The Atlantic Albums Collection 06 Nov 2015 Aretha Franklin
  10. The Atlantic Albums Collection 06 Nov 2015 Aretha Franklin
  11. The Atlantic Albums Collection 06 Nov 2015 Aretha Franklin